Saturday, 24 March 2012
Friday, 23 March 2012
Saturday - last day
Some of the pilots left last night to head home. The remaining pilots have been set a Grand Prix task in teams of 3 with the score of the slowest pilot being counted. So we have a team of Allan Barnes in GG, Lisa Trotter in IIC and Peter Trotter in PNL. The other team is Brad Edwards and Bruce Taylor in JS1s with Adam Woolley in an unballasted Cirrus. Adam is allowed to turn 15km short on the turns - so the team strategy will be interesting to see. There is also a third team of locals who are here for the friendly GP which starts on Monday.
Heading home to SA tomorrow - it's 24C and sunny here, 20C and raining at home :-( Mandy
Heading home to SA tomorrow - it's 24C and sunny here, 20C and raining at home :-( Mandy
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Friday
Today they have set a Grand Prix task with a 3000' finish to allow a second lap.
Gliders are gridding now and we expect the first launch around noon.
Overheard on the radio yesterday I think we should leverage that street - had to be a banker :-)
Also heard today that the first practice day in Argentina is on 25th December poor guys,
Gliders are gridding now and we expect the first launch around noon.
Overheard on the radio yesterday I think we should leverage that street - had to be a banker :-)
Also heard today that the first practice day in Argentina is on 25th December poor guys,
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Day 3 Squad Week
All of the gliders have launched into a blue sky with Cus in the task area for a 2.5 hour AAT.
Overheard at the Argentinian meeting this morning "Is it a condition of entry that someone on the team has to have an Australian Passport?" They have 2 kiwis, a pom and a smattering of others.
Squad Week
The team are currently at Lake Keepit for Squad Week. The schedule is very full with morning discussions, a task briefing, a competition task, a debrief and an evening discussion.
The Australian pilots who will be competing in Argentinian next January are also here training.
Early in the week we were joined by Helen and Holly from TMS consulting who facilitated discussions on a range of topics such as arousal, fatigue and managing stress.
The week started on Monday with mass outlandings and some late night retrieves for both teams. Tuesday was more successful with everyone home for tea and a debrief.
Today we had a lot of cirrus over us, with some blue holes. We also had channel 7 TV here filming and interviewing pilots. We gridded and launched Adam Woolley as a sniffer, but when he called 2kts in an empty Cirrus and then joined circuit the day was cancelled and we retired to the briefing room to discuss Start and Finish tactics.
Tonight we had a "nuts and bolts" logistics session to sort out accommodation, entries, insurance, uniforms etc.
Tomorrow is looking good so there should be a task.
There is also a Team Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Gliding-Team-Uvalde-2012/144054625668825
and we hope to link it to the Blog page shortly so that people can choose whichever format they prefer to read updates.
The Australian pilots who will be competing in Argentinian next January are also here training.
Early in the week we were joined by Helen and Holly from TMS consulting who facilitated discussions on a range of topics such as arousal, fatigue and managing stress.
The week started on Monday with mass outlandings and some late night retrieves for both teams. Tuesday was more successful with everyone home for tea and a debrief.
Today we had a lot of cirrus over us, with some blue holes. We also had channel 7 TV here filming and interviewing pilots. We gridded and launched Adam Woolley as a sniffer, but when he called 2kts in an empty Cirrus and then joined circuit the day was cancelled and we retired to the briefing room to discuss Start and Finish tactics.
Tonight we had a "nuts and bolts" logistics session to sort out accommodation, entries, insurance, uniforms etc.
Tomorrow is looking good so there should be a task.
There is also a Team Facebook page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-Gliding-Team-Uvalde-2012/144054625668825
and we hope to link it to the Blog page shortly so that people can choose whichever format they prefer to read updates.
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